Racing To Success
Uma Musume Pretty Derby's South Korean release nets $2.3 million within 24 hours
June 20 release tops the charts on App Store and Google Play
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Lewis Rees
About Lewis Rees is a journalist, author, and escape room enthusiast based in South Wales. He got his degree in Film and Video from the University of Glamorgan. He's been a gamer all his life.
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Layoffs Continue
Adjust and Applovin Lay off 12 per cent of workforce
The announcement comes due to economic downturn
Grace Hui Tang
NetEase announces new independent director
Grace Hui Tang has joined the company's board, as NetEase rearranges board committees
Gaming Gone Green
Supercell, Tilting Point, and Edgeworks among winners at Green Game Jam 2022
Hay Day, Terragenesis, and June's Journey among mobile titles celebrated
June's Success Stories
GameRefinery publishes mobile game market review for June 2022
RPGs and minigame modes were some of the month’s highlights
Fired Up
Fire Emblem Heroes exceeds $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes is the first Nintendo game to join the billion-dollar Unicorn Club
Between 85-90 To Lose Jobs
Niantic lays off 8% of its workforce, as it cancels four projects
Between 85-90 staff members affected by layoffs as numerous projects, including a Transformers title already in beta, are shuttered
Future Is Female
Tether Games hires former Zynga exec Sara Stapleton
Stapleton joins the mobile skill-based games creator’s women-led c-suite
Minority Owner
Joffre Capital acquires 25.7% stake in Playtika
The stake was acquired for $8.5 billion
Mag Interim Report
MAG Interactive AB experiences highest revenue quarter since founding, despite a decline in users
Highest revenue since company founding in 2010
Bit Of A Clash
Former Supercell devs raise €5 million in Round A
Eric Seufert's investment fund, Heracles, leads on support for BIT ODD, created by Clash of Clans and Clash Royale leads Lasse Louhento, Jani Lintunen, and Taneli Oksama
Metaverse Of Madness
Newzoo: 10 key trends of the future metaverse
A new report by Newzoo breaks down key developments in the metaverse and blockchain and NFT application, and the 500+ parties building the metaverse
No Paradox Detected
Ebba Ljungerud joins Nordisk Games Board of Directors
Former Paradox Interactive CEO joins Copenhagen studio, as the firm plan further expansion of its board of directors
Home Of Gta, Minecraft, And Lemmings
First ever Scottish Games Week announced
Event celebrating Scotland's games heritage and future to take place on October 24-28 2022
Arpple
Apple’s VR headset to be released in January, says insider
Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo claims a release date in less than eight months for "the most complicated product Apple has ever designed"
Make-a-wish
Miniclip and Make-A-Wish UK team-up for Wish 200 Week
Miniclip is among UK mobile games firms, including Hutch and Fusebox Games, in supporting the Make-A-Wish-UK programme to to raise funds and grant 200 wishes to critically ill children
More Mobile Drives To Web3
Double Coconut appoints Zynga, Lucasarts veteran Rob Carroll in Web3 drive
Carroll has been appointed as head of business development, as Double Coconut presses on with NFT-powered games
Roe Vs. Wade
Mobile games developers come out in support of abortion rights
Niantic, Innersloth, Ubisoft and more speak out, while Activision Blizzard, Apple, Netflix, and others add financial support for affected employees
Show Me The Billions
data.ai: Mobile players to spend $21.4 billion in Q2 2022
Of $33 billion spend on mobile apps, gaming will take the lion’s share
Hello Saga
Solana Labs is developing a Web3 mobile phone
Solana's Saga, an Android phone, will integrate Solana Pay to facilitate QR code-based payment, a mobile wallet adapter, and a Web3 decentralised app store
Charge!
Subset Games partner with Netflix with exclusive mobile release of Into the Breach
The firm's first mobile release since iPad port of FTL: Faster than Light, releasing on July 19
Triple Threat
Tripledot Studios is the third-fastest growing private company in the UK
Mobile games developer is the sole app developer to rank in FEBE’s The Growth 100 list, celebrating the UK’s fastest growing private companies
Tiking Along
TikTok owner ByteDance generates $1 billion in annual games revenue
Mobile titles by Ohayoo, Nuverse, Moontoon, and C4 Connect
Go West
Chinese studio XD prioritises US In expansion bid
Ragnarok Mobile and Human: Fall Flat port developer looks west to bypass China's regulatory restrictions
Activision Blizzard Board Survives
Bobby Kotck voted to be re-elected to board by Activision Blizzard shareholders
Around 91 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of extending the board’s term until 2023
Moba And Rpg Popularity Continues
Chinese game market revenue down 7 per cent in May
Sales revenue of Chinese game market reached $3.4 billion, down 6.74 per cent year-on-year, according to Gamma Data
Just Browsing
Parallelz raises $3 million for streaming tech that can purportedly run any mobile game or app
Will a browser service that can reportedly run any mobile game or app disrupt the walled gardens of the App Store and Google Play?
No Homers Club
Metaverse giants create standards forum – with considerable absences
Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants have formed a group to foster compatibility in the metaverse, so far without the presence of Apple, Roblox, and others
Success To Reinvest
Nordcurrent celebrates 20% growth in 2021
Largest games company in Lithuania has created temporary office in Poland to support its 20 Ukrainian employees
Locked Into Mobile
Blizzard won’t extend Diablo Immortal’s microtransaction strategy beyond mobile
Although the firm’s mobile title made over $24 million in its launch, Blizzard has confirmed its monetisation strategy won’t extend to Diablo IV
What Time Is It
TIME and The Sandbox partner to build metaverse destination, TIME Square
Environment will reportedly include TIMEpieces experiences, and screenings of TIME Studios projects
Bright Spot
Lumi Interactive raises $6.74 million for “crowdhealing” mobile game
Andreessen Horowitz, 1Up Ventures, Galileo Ventures, Heracles Capital, and Emily Greer participate in funding round
Square Clouds
Square Enix invests in cloud gaming company Blacknut
Strategic investment intended to support Square Enix's "vision for the future of gaming"
Get My Branding Iron
Gamers are increasingly positive towards in-game branding
Newzoo report indicates gamers show more positive response to in-game sport, luxury fashion, soft drink and alcoholic beverages, and automotive branding
Advice Please
Nordisk Games appoints Audrey Leprince as senior advisor
Audrey Leprince, a veteran of 23 years in the gaming industry, has joined Copenhagen studio Nordisk games
May 2022 Downloads
Subway Surfers and Garena Free Fire top most downloaded games in May 2022
Second consecutive month that both titles have topped the chart
Diablo Declines
NetEase stock plummets following Diablo Immortal delays
Declines of more than nine per cent, from 151.50 HKD to 136 per share, as the firm announces a delay just days before its intended release date
Further Commitment For Indian Gaming Industry
Kunal Mordekar joins Bombay Play as chief operating officer
Previously held positions at Yoozoo Games India
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Genvid Entertainment hires Jerry Heinz as EVP of global publishing platforms
Working on monetisation and publishing platform for Genvid’s Massively Interactive Live Events
Latest Hires At Gadsme
Admix and Happydemics execs join Gadsme
Nina Mackie and Antoine Clairet to lead in-game ad sales and EMEA demand in French adtech company
Competition
Publish Me! Festival announced by AppQuantum and WN Conference
Top three winners to receive publishing offers from AppQuantum
More Transparency
Apple ATT policies under investigation by Germany’s cartel office
Cartel office proceedings follows investigation against Google in January 2022
Welcome To Hell
Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks
Five million downloads for the first F2P title in the Activision Blizzard franchise
Android Out
Android games struggle to retain players, states Pushwoosh report
A new study revealed that 75.4 per cent of Android players uninstall gaming apps within 30 days
Netflix Numbers
Netflix mobile games exceed 13 million downloads
Subscription service titles have seen five million downloads since January 2022
App Extinction
Almost a third of gaming app businesses may close due to new regulations, says Bango
Around 31% of games dev respondants believe their businesses will cease to exist when new ad regulations and privacy changes come into effect
Wild At Heart
Words with Friends, Age of Empires devs launch Web3 game franchise
Wildcard Alliance, a hybrid MOBA, RTS, and CCG, will involve a live audience "spectator sport" component
Coming To Your City
Jam City expands executive team to broaden F2P portfolio
Lisa Anderson promoted to executive vice president, will oversee all F2P activities, as well as former King and Playtika leads, Brent Blazek and Dan Lipa